What two numbers multiply to -185 and add up to 184?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -185 and add up to 184?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 185

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 185 multiply to -185 and add up to 184:

-1 × 185 = -185
-1 + 185 = 184

Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?

x² + 184x - 185 = 0

If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:

(x - 1 ) (x + 185)

To summarize, since -1 and 185 multiply to -185 and add up 184, you know that the following is true:

x² + 184x - 185 = (x - 1 ) (x + 185)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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